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<h2>
US fatal road accident data, 2007 and 2008
</h2>

<h3>Description</h3>

<p>Data are included on variables that may be relevant to assessing
airbag and seatbelt effectiveness in preventing fatal injury.
</p>


<h3>Usage</h3>

<pre>
fars2007
fars2008
</pre>


<h3>Format</h3>

<p>A data frame with 72548 observations on the following 24 variables.
</p>

<dl>
<dt><code>Obs.</code></dt><dd><p>a numeric vector</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>state</code></dt><dd><p>a numeric vector</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>casenum</code></dt><dd><p>a numeric vector</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>vnum</code></dt><dd><p>a numeric vector</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>pnum</code></dt><dd><p>a numeric vector</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>lightcond</code></dt><dd><p>a numeric vector</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>numfatal</code></dt><dd><p>a numeric vector</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>vforms</code></dt><dd><p>a numeric vector</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>age</code></dt><dd><p>a numeric vector</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>airbag</code></dt><dd><p>a numeric vector</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>injury</code></dt><dd><p>a numeric vector</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>ptype</code></dt><dd><p>a numeric vector</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>restraint</code></dt><dd><p>a numeric vector</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>seatpos</code></dt><dd><p>a numeric vector</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>sex</code></dt><dd><p>a numeric vector</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>body</code></dt><dd><p>a numeric vector</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>inimpact</code></dt><dd><p>a numeric vector</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>mhevent</code></dt><dd><p>a numeric vector</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>vfatcount</code></dt><dd><p>a numeric vector</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>numoccs</code></dt><dd><p>a numeric vector</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>travspd</code></dt><dd><p>a numeric vector</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>make</code></dt><dd><p>a numeric vector</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>model</code></dt><dd><p>a numeric vector</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>modelyr</code></dt><dd><p>a numeric vector</p>
</dd>
</dl>



<h3>Details</h3>

<p>Data is for automabiles where a passenger seat was occupied,
with one observation for each such passenger.
</p>


<h3>Source</h3>

<p><a href="http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Main/index.aspx">http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Main/index.aspx</a>
</p>


<h3>References</h3>

<p><a href="http://maths-people.anu.edu.au/~johnm/nzsr/taws.html">http://maths-people.anu.edu.au/~johnm/nzsr/taws.html</a>
</p>
<p>Olson CM, Cummings P, Rivara FP. 2006. Association of first- and
second-generation air bags with front occupant death in car crashes: a
matched cohort study. Am J Epidemiol 164:161-169
</p>
<p>Cummings, P; McKnight, B, 2010. Accounting for vehicle, crash, and occupant
characteristics in traffic crash studies. Injury Prevention 16: 363-366
</p>
<p>Braver, ER; Shardell, M; Teoh, ER, 2010. <em>How have changes in air
bag designs affected frontal crash mortality?</em> Ann Epidemiol 20:499-510.
</p>


<h3>Examples</h3>

<pre>
data(fars2007)
str(fars2007)
</pre>


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